CINCINNATI, OH – AUGUST 20: Coco Gauff of the United States poses while holding the Rookwood Cup … [+]
Defending champions Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic headline the preliminary entry lists for the 2024 Cincinnati Open.
The initial entrants for the Aug. 11-19 tournament include each player in the Top 40 of the world rankings, led by WTA No. 1 Iga Swiatek and ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner.
The event is the biggest warm-up for the U.S. Open which runs Aug. 26-Sept. 8.
“We are excited to welcome an elite field to compete for the Cincinnati Open title this August,” said Bob Moran, President of Beemok Sports & Entertainment. “There have been so many intriguing storylines throughout this season, which will certainly continue over the coming weeks through the Olympics and into the Cincinnati Open. We are hearing from players and fans alike how much they are looking forward to the tournament, and we cannot wait to open our doors to all for another exceptional event.”
CINCINNATI, OH – AUGUST 20: Novak Djokovic of Serbia tears off his shirt after winning the final … [+]
Gauff and three-time Cincinnati Open winner Djokovic will look to defend their titles in fields that include former Cincinnati Open winners Victoria Azarenka (2013, 2020), Grigor Dimitrov (2017), Caroline Garcia (2022), Madison Keys (2019), Daniil Medvedev (2019) and Alexander Zverev (2021).
The entries also include this year’s Grand Slam tournament champions: Australian Open winners Aryna Sabalenka and Sinner, French Open champions Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz, and this past weekend’s Wimbledon winners Barbora Krejcikova and Alcaraz. Sixty-five of the 87 preliminary entries are also entered in this summer’s Paris Olympics.
Below are the preliminary 2024 Cincinnati Open entry lists:
ATP
Rank Name (Age) Country
1. Jannik Sinner (22) Italy
2. Novak Djokovic (37) Serbia
3. Carlos Alcaraz (21) Spain
4. Alexander Zverev (27) Germany
5. Daniil Medvedev (28)
6. Alex de Minaur (25) Australia
7. Hubert Hurkacz (27) Poland
8. Andrey Rublev (26)
9. Casper Ruud (25) Norway
10. Grigor Dimitrov (33) Bulgaria
11. Taylor Fritz (26) USA
12. Stefanos Tsitsipas (25) Greece
13. Tommy Paul (27) USA
14. Ben Shelton (21) USA
15. Ugo Humbert (26) France
16. Lorenzo Musetti (22) Italy
17. Holger Rune (21) Denmark
18. Felix Auger-Aliassime (23) Canada
19. Sebastian Baez (23) Argentina
20. Alejandro Tabilo (27) Chile
21. Karen Khachenov (28)
22. Sebastian Korda (24) USA
23. Nicolas Jarry (28) Chile
24. Alexander Bublik (27) Kazakhstan
25. Adrian Mannarino (36) France
26. Jack Draper (22) Great Britain
27. Tallon Griekspoor (28) Netherlands
28. Arthur Fils (20) France
29. Jiri Lehecka (22) Czechia
30. Frances Tiafoe (28) USA
31. Gael Monfils (37) France
32. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (34) Argentina
33. Francisco Cerundolo (25) Argentina
34. Zhizhen Zhang (27) China
35. Luciano Darderi (22) Italy
36. Mariano Navone (23) Argentina
37. Jan-Lennard Struff (34) Germany
38. Tomas Machac (23) Czechia
39. Matteo Arnaldi (23) Italy
40. Jordan Thompson (30) Australia
41. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25) Spain
42. Cameron Norrie (28) Great Britain
43. Alexei Popyrin (24) Australia
799*. Pablo Carreno Busta (27) Spain
WTA
Rank Name (Age) Country
1. Iga Swiatek (23) Poland
2. Coco Gauff (20) USA
3. Aryna Sabalenka (26)
4. Elena Rybakina (25) Kazakhstan
5. Jasmine Paolini (28) Italy
6. Jessica Pegula (30) USA
7. Qinwen Zheng (21) China
8. Maria Sakkari (28) Greece
9. Danielle Collins (30) USA
10. Barbora Krejcikova (28) Czechia
11. Jelena Ostapenko (27) Latvia
12. Daria Kasatkina (27)
13. Liudmila Samsonova (25)
14. Madison Keys (29) USA
15. Emma Navarro (23) USA
16. Ons Jabeur (29) Tunisia
17. Anna Kalinskaya (25)
18. Marketa Vondrousova (25) Czechia
19. Marta Kostyuk (22) Ukraine
20. Victoria Azarenka (34)
21. Donna Vekic (28) Croatia
22. Beatriz Haddad Maia (28) Brazil
23. Leylah Fernandez (21) Canada
24. Caroline Garcia (30) France
25. Dayana Yastremska (24) Ukraine
26. Linda Noskova (19) Czechia
27. Ekaterina Alexandrova (29)
28. Diana Shnaider (20)
29. Yulia Putintseva (29) Kazakhstan
30. Elina Svitolina (29) Ukraine
31. Mirra Andreeva (17)
32. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (33)
33. Katie Boulter (27) Great Britain
34. Elise Mertens (28) Belgium
35. Karolina Muchova (27) Czechia
36. Xinyu Wang (22) China
37. Sorana Cirstea (34) Romania
38. Katerina Siniakova (28) Czechia
39. Veronika Kudermetova (27)
40. Yue Yuan (25) China
41. Anastasia Potapova (23)
65*. Paula Badosa (26) Spain
133*. Ajla Tomljanovic (31) Australia
BOLD indicates a Cincinnati Open champion
*entry secured with injury protected ranking
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